Chapter 1293: Surprised? Unexpected?

Lin Lang was stunned by Shen Cuiping's question, unsure of what to do with his hands, and stammered for a long time without managing to utter a complete sentence.

"Mom...I...this matter..."

He was so anxious that sweat beaded on his forehead and his eyes darted around.

Standing to the side, Zhang Qiaoyun quickly tried to smooth things over: "Mother-in-law, don't be anxious! This is a long story..."

Shen Cuiping's eyes widened, her hands trembling slightly as she held Xiao Zhihan. "Qiaoyun! What do you know! Guan Tingmei is my best friend. She watched Alang grow up."

"My son married my best friend?! What... what kind of situation is this?!"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire room fell silent; the air itself seemed to freeze.

Little Zhihan blinked her big, dark eyes, looked at Shen Cuiping, then at Lin Lang, her little face full of confusion: "Grandma, don't you like my mom?"

Shen Cuiping was so taken aback by Xiao Zhihan's childish words that she felt a tightness in her chest. Looking at her adorable granddaughter in her arms, and then thinking about her unreliable son, she almost couldn't catch her breath.

She kissed Xiao Zhihan on the cheek and forced a smile: "Granddaughter, you're overthinking it. Grandma and your mother are as close as sisters. Where is your mother?"

Guan Tingmei, who was standing in the hallway and hiding outside the study, was extremely nervous and anxious, her face turning red and white in turns.

Little Zhihan pointed to the study door and said, "My mom was behind me just now!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Tingmei took a deep breath, thinking, "Being delirious won't stop me from dying; what I have to face will have to be faced sooner or later."

After finishing her reading, Guan Tingmei steeled herself and went into the study. When she saw her best friend, who had been dead for many years, appear before her as if she had come back to life, tears streamed down her face.

"Sister Cuiping! My God, you've really come back to life!"

It wasn't that Guan Tingmei was afraid to call her mother-in-law, but rather that she subconsciously used the same term she used for her best friend.

Shen Cuiping turned her head sharply to look at the door and saw Guan Tingmei blushing, head down, like a primary school student who had done something wrong, slowly shuffling in, clutching the hem of her clothes in her hand, her fingertips turning white with nervousness.

"Guan! Ting! Mei!"

Shen Cuiping uttered those three words slowly and deliberately, her voice filled with shock and disbelief, "It really is you and A Lang who had a daughter?!"

Guan Tingmei trembled with fright, her steps halting. She lowered her head even further, her voice barely a whisper: "Sister Cuiping... I... I'm so sorry..."

Shen Cuiping's eyes were red. She took two steps forward while holding Xiao Zhihan, her chest heaving with anger. She thought to herself: When you got together with my son, did you ever think that I was your best friend?

I've been dead for so many years, and this is how you take care of my son?

They even took care of her in bed?!

These were the very questions Shen Cuiping wanted to ask Guan Tingmei face-to-face, but as the words reached her lips, she looked at her adorable granddaughter in her arms and how close she was to her.

The raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, and the child is already over six years old.

If Shen Cuiping were to say anything more hurtful to her best friend, it would only harm her innocent granddaughter and damage their relationship as best friends and mother-in-law/daughter-in-law.

Before Shen Cuiping could think further, Xiao Zhihan tilted her head and asked, quite puzzled, "Grandma, why does my mom call you Sister Cuiping? Isn't that a generational difference?"

Upon hearing her daughter's words, Guan Tingmei felt even more embarrassed, her face burning red with shame, and tears streaming down her face.

Despite the awkwardness, Guan Tingmei felt more joy than anything else when she saw her best friend Shen Cuiping reappear in front of her.

Shen Cuiping's tears also fell. After a brief moment of shock and confusion, she regained her composure and finally chose to be forgiving. With tears in her eyes and a smile, she said, "Look at you, why don't you change your address to 'Mom'? You're making a difference in generation in front of the child."

Upon hearing this, Guan Tingmei burst into tears of joy. She rushed forward and hugged Shen Cuiping and Xiao Zhihan, choking back tears as she cried out, "Mom! Thank God! You've come back to life."

Shen Cuiping took a deep breath and gently comforted her, "Alright! Alright! Stop crying, Tingmei, you'll scare the child."

Guan Tingmei sniffed, looked at Shen Cuiping with a tearful smile, and choked up, saying, "You still look the same as you did back then. You really gave me a surprise today."

Shen Cuiping, her eyes red-rimmed, pursed her lips, her reproach tinged with a hint of amusement, and teased, "You gave me a big surprise too."

"Uh..." Guan Tingmei forced a laugh through her teary eyes.

Standing to the side, Lin Lang said with tears in his eyes, "Mom, in all the years since you and Dad died in the car accident, Tingmei has gone to your grave to pay her respects every year without fail."

Shen Cuiping glanced at Lin Lang sideways and said self-deprecatingly, "Then why didn't I receive any paper money or gold ingots?"

Guan Tingmei scratched her head and laughed awkwardly, "Burning paper money is not allowed in Shanghai's cemeteries; only fresh flowers and wax fruits can be used instead of paper money and incense."

Shen Cuiping laughed immediately after hearing this: "I was just kidding you! I racked my brains but never imagined that you and A Lang could get together and even give me a granddaughter."

Just as Guan Tingmei was about to awkwardly say something, she heard Lin Lang squinting and forcing a smile, saying, "Mom, actually, this is all my fault."

"Alright, stop talking in front of the child. I, as her grandmother, don't even know my precious granddaughter's name yet!" Shen Cuiping kissed Xiao Zhihan on the cheek.

Little Zhihan hugged Shen Cuiping's neck and said in a clear voice, "Grandma, my name is Lin Zhihan."

"Zhihan is such a good girl, you are such a good granddaughter of your grandma." Shen Cuiping kissed her granddaughter's face again and again, showing the love between grandparents and grandchildren to the fullest.

Seeing how much Shen Cuiping liked her and Lin Lang's daughter, Guan Tingmei finally felt relieved.

Lin Lang and Guan Tingmei exchanged a glance and both breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterward, Shen Cuiping seemed to remember something and looked at Lin Lang, saying, "Son, quickly bring out the snacks we just bought for the kids at the convenience store!"

"Oh! Right." Lin Lang hurriedly took out two boxes of snacks from his personal space.

"Han'er, Ran'er, this is some delicious food your grandma bought for you. Eat whatever you want!"

As soon as Lin Lang put the two boxes of snacks on the ground, Xiao Haoran rushed over like a little cannonball, tearing open the cardboard box with a "rip" and his eyes wide open.

Wow, so many snacks!

"There's Dove chocolate that my mom endorses! And my favorite strawberry gummies! Thank you, Grandma!" Xiao Haoran's eyes lit up with joy.

"Thank you, Grandma!" Xiao Zhihan kissed Shen Cuiping on the cheek, and the soft touch made Shen Cuiping's heart melt.

She quickly smiled and put Xiao Zhihan back on the ground, saying affectionately, "Go and eat your snacks, my dear granddaughter."

Little Zhihan also tiptoed over, her little hands gripping the edge of the cardboard box. Looking at the dazzling array of snacks inside, she smiled sweetly with her eyes narrowed and said in a clear voice, "Wow! So many delicious things! Grandma, you're so kind!"

Shen Cuiping was amused by the two children and smiled broadly. She reached out and ruffled Haoran's hair, saying with a smile, "Eat slowly, no one will take it from you!"

Zhang Qiaoyun watched with amusement and teased, "You, as the grandmother, have already won over the children as soon as you met them. Now Zhihan and Haoran will be clinging to you every day!"

Shen Cuiping glanced at Zhang Qiaoyun, her lips curving into a wide smile: "That's right! I have to make up for all the love I've missed out on for my grandchildren over the years."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Xiao Haoran ran over with a piece of chocolate in his hand, tiptoed, and stuffed it into Shen Cuiping's mouth: "Grandma, eat this! This chocolate that my mom endorses is super delicious!"

Shen Cuiping opened her mouth and took a small bite. The sweet taste melted in her mouth, and her heart was filled with warmth. With tears in her eyes, she said with emotion, "This child is just like Ah Lang when he was little, sensible and cute!"

Lin Lang scratched his head and chuckled, "Mom, all your grandchildren are smarter and more lovable than I was when I was a child."

Shen Cuiping smiled and gently patted Lin Lang's arm. Her gaze swept over Guan Tingmei, her eyes full of tenderness. "Tingmei, you've worked so hard all these years, raising Zhihan so well."

Guan Tingmei's eyes welled up with tears, and she quickly shook her head: "Mom, it's not hard work, this is what I should do."

Just then, Xiao Zhihan suddenly ran up to Shen Cuiping with a bag of potato chips that had been torn open, looking up at her with her little face and saying, "Grandma, you have some too! These are crispy and delicious!"

Shen Cuiping pinched a piece and put it in her mouth. Looking at her granddaughter's delicate and beautiful face, she smiled and praised, "My dear granddaughter is so good!"

"Hehe..." Xiao Zhihan tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

Shen Cuiping looked at the smiling Guan Tingmei and the silly-looking Lin Lang beside her, and felt all the gloom in her heart dissipate, replaced by a feeling of happiness.

Just then, a scene that shocked Shen Cuiping into silence appeared.

Tong Lei and Lin Lang's daughter, Lin Zhixi, is now four and a half years old.

Xiao Zhixi was wearing a pale yellow princess dress with tiny white flowers embroidered on the hem, and she was holding a shimmering silver Barbie doll magic wand in her hand.

She was like a little angel who had accidentally wandered into the human world. With her short legs flapping, she actually tumbled straight into the study, humming a tuneless nursery rhyme as she babbled. She was incredibly cute.

"Father! Father!"

As soon as Xiao Zhixi's childish voice rang out, she shot into Lin Lang's arms like a little cannonball.

Lin Lang stretched out his long arm and caught her steadily. He spun her around in his arms, kissing her soft cheeks repeatedly, his eyes crinkling with laughter: "Xi'er, you arrived just in time! Did you smell something delicious?"

Little Zhixi giggled and tugged at Lin Lang's ears, shaking them: "Father, Zhixi missed you!"

This scene shocked Shen Cuiping so much that her eyes almost popped out, her mouth opened into a big "O" shape, and it took her a long time to choke out a trembling voice: "Son...son!"

"What...what is going on?!"

"Son, how come your daughter can fly?!"

Shen Cuiping had lived most of her life and had seen children who could run and jump, but she had never seen one that could fly out of thin air!

This was even more outrageous than reading a myth. Shen Cuiping was so shocked that her heart pounded wildly, her arms and legs went weak, and she was filled with disbelief.

Lin Lang held Xiao Zhixi in his arms and smiled nonchalantly: "Mom, don't be so surprised. Xi'er has had her bloodline awakened with superpowers of willpower since she was a child. She can not only control her body to fly with her willpower, but also control objects with her willpower."

"Huh?! Bloodline awakening with superpowers?! And you can fly?!" Shen Cuiping's voice suddenly rose several octaves, her eyes widening even further.

"Wait a minute, son! Neither your father nor you have inherited the ability to make money through telekinesis! Could it be... that your wife's bloodline has awakened?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Lang calmly raised his hand and his fingertips moved slightly.

"Shh!"

The two bulging boxes of snacks on the ground suddenly floated up and hovered half a meter in the air, even slowly spinning around!

"My goodness!" Shen Cuiping gasped, pointing in utter shock at the two boxes of snacks floating in mid-air, then at Lin Lang, her lips trembling as she struggled to utter a complete sentence.

"Son...son! When...when did you acquire telekinetic superpowers?"

Lin Lang grinned, his tone somewhat perfunctory: "Mom, don't worry about that. Just adore your little granddaughter. Look how adorable our Xi'er is!"

As he spoke, he kissed Xiao Zhixi's cheek again and said gently, "Xi'er, quickly call her Grandma. This is your grandma whom you've never met."